When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, what is ...

[crazycityslicker]

When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, what is the metamorphic result?

Question 2

The age of the oceanic crust in the Pacific is ____.
 A)all uniform
 B)asymmetric
 C)older in the middle
 D)older than the Cretaceous
 E)older than the Paleocene

[bbburns21]

Answer to Question 1

Tremendous pressure is generated as the oceanic plate is subducted. Because rock is a poor heat conductor, the cold, descending oceanic plate heats slowly, and metamorphism is caused mostly by increasing pressure with depth.

Answer to Question 2

B

[crazycityslicker]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[6ana001]

Excellent